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How did they get the blue checkmark on Twitter? It is really hard to get one honestly (I applied a few times showing that my "brand" was quoted/linked on Wikipe
by 101008 4y ago
How did they get the blue checkmark on Twitter? It is really hard to get one honestly (I applied a few times showing that my "brand" was quoted/linked on Wikipedia and several large media outlets) - unless they are paying several thousands (which I don't think this is the case)
- djbusby 4y agoYeah, my old account, for a business, valid trademark, etc - check box rejected :(
- iLoveOncall 4y agoIt's a hacked account that got rebranded.
- MattGaiser 4y agoI am surprised you can rebrand without redoing verification.
- MallocVoidstar 4y agoA lot of big name people will add small notes about important announcements to their display names (new book out, stuff like that) so preventing name changes entirely would be very unpopular.
- bee_rider 4y agoThis seems like it ought to be easy to work around. Like, verify a base name, and then give them a little space afterwards where they can add something. The displayed name is the combination of the two. They can even make it a different color to emphasize the announced thing.
- snowwrestler 4y agoChanging the visible display name frequently is a significant part of Twitter culture. In a few weeks, tons of people will change their name to a “spooky” version for Halloween, for example. It’s not a feature Twitter will kill just because of a few scammers.
- bombcar 4y agoGreat we made usernames into tweets. Tweetception.
- Jasper_ 4y agoBrands like to promote products or events in their Twitter bios/titles/avatars, and adding a forced reverify step would add enough friction for them to use Twitter less.
- sc00ty 4y agoI believe you can change your display name but if you change your @username you have to go through some re-verification process.
- arcticbull 4y agoThere's a whole crypto scam industry where hackers/scammers will sell accounts they've taken over to folks who immediately start shilling NFTs and pump/dump coins. The economics of it are interesting, the accounts can be expensive. But it must work out otherwise nobody would do it.
- itslennysfault 4y agoYou can just buy one. You're allowed to change your name, profile, picture without losing the blue check. So if you buy (or steal) an existing account you can just update it to whatever you want and keep the check.
- acomjean 4y agoThere was a post on HN in the past month about people using music and self publishing to get that blue check. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32662123 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32662123 (edit: that was instagram, but its probably the same idea..)